All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2018 // Reinsurance companies increasingly are funding insurtech startups in order to structure more innovative products and improve their business efficiencies, but how much impact on the industry will these investments...
Jul 17 2018 // Auto insurance should continue to be the primary compensation model for accident victims as the driving population transitions to and then fully adopts autonomous vehicles, according to the insurer that issued the...
Jul 16 2018 // An insurtech startup says it will disrupt California’s workers’ compensation system with “technology-enabled triage and care coordination” for California Farm Management.ChronWell, a mobile platform...
Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the...
Jul 16 2018 // Recently, insurtech start-up Lemonade announced a product initiative called Policy 2.0.According to Lemonade, it will simplify the language within a standard insurance policy so insureds can easily understand what is and...
Jul 11 2018 // German automaker Daimler AG and auto supplier Bosch Corp will deploy self-driving taxis in California’s Silicon Valley region next year as part of a test program of vehicles designed for city driving, the two...
Jul 11 2018 // Next Insurance has raised $83 million in new financing, money it said will fuel its continued U.S. expansion as a full-service digital insurance carrier focused on the small business market.Nationwide Insurance and Munich...
Jul 11 2018 // Blockchain technology is moving out of the lab and into the insurance business. It’s moving past the hype phase and is edging closer to providing real-life efficiency improvements for the industry.It’s been a...
Jul 11 2018 // Amazon.com Inc. has global aspirations for its medical-supplies marketplace, according to a job listing posted on its website, highlighting the e-commerce giant’s sweeping ambitions to disrupt health care by selling...
Jul 11 2018 // Although the insurance industry may have had plenty of time to wrap its mind around managing physical property threats, what about the growing area of non-physical threats? This question was raised among panelists at the...
Jul 5 2018 // Some of the world’s largest technology companies might be breaking the European Union’s new data privacy law, according to an analysis of their policies conducted by artificial intelligence software.Researchers...
Jul 5 2018 // Many U.K. financial firms don’t have a Plan B to fall back on if they’re hit by a cyber attack. The Bank of England wants to change that.Financial regulators told firms to come up with a detailed plan for...
Jul 3 2018 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has launched a new Customer Experience Planning Website designed to help agents improve the customer experience lifecycle through technology.The site explains the six phases of the...
Jul 2 2018 // Auto insurance shoppers are placing greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago, underscoring the fact that shoppers are increasingly demanding more product options and more and...
Jul 2 2018 // The business climate for manufacturing in the U.S. has improved over the past few years, driving both revenue and employment growth for middle market manufacturers. But the industry is also experiencing a period of...
Jul 2 2018 // The insurance industry is experiencing a convergence with technology that is transforming the way it develops products, underwrites, prices and sells policies, and services its customers. This change can seem disruptive,...
Jul 2 2018 // One wouldn’t normally associate blockchain with workers’ compensation, two completely different industries that seem worlds apart.But as it turns out, the technology is of value to at least one very important...
Jun 29 2018 // Talage Inc. is an insurtech to its core – both in function and name.The Reno, Nev.-based software platform designed to help small business owners compare and quickly purchase a range of commercial insurance policies...
Jun 29 2018 // In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an ambulance speeds through traffic on a wave of green lights, helped along by an artificial intelligence (AI) system and big data.The system, which involves sending information to...
Jun 27 2018 // Digital small business insurance agency CoverWallet, which is partly owned by insurers Zurich Insurance and Starr Companies, is expanding its distribution by letting other small businesses such as accountants and lenders...